One in 5 Australians live with chronic pain and this includes children. Unlike acute pain, where there's an underlying cause, chronic pain may not be due to an obvious injury or a disease that will get better if it's fixed. Let's all understand the facts and support National Pain Week in July.
Reliance on opioid painkillers and unnecessary back surgeries may be preventing us from beating lower back pain. Reframing how we think about back pain may help us recover more quickly.
Ice cream headaches are short severe stabbing headaches that come on quickly after eating or drinking something cold.
We feel the sensation of pain when pain receptors send electrical signals along nerves to the spinal cord and brain.
Dormant butt syndrome, characterised by weak glute muscles and tight hip flexors, can be caused by sitting too long and is linked to knee, hip and back pain.
The pain of toothache is caused by the exposure of tooth nerve endings – it can be a dull ache or a sharp pain.
Morphine may actually worsen chronic nerve pain, increasing the duration and the severity of the pain, researchers have found.
Computer users often develop aches and pains. Avoid discomfort by setting up your workstation according to ergonomic principles.
Find out all about neuropathic pain, nerve pain, which is usually described as a shooting, stabbing or burning pain, with myDr.com.au.
Treatment for neck pain depends on the cause and how severe it is. Neck pain treatment, including treatment for whiplash, often involves a combination of self-care, medicines, exercises and relaxation therapies.
